Blotting-pad.



K. 0. 1 PETERSON. BLOT'IING PAD.

APPLIOAil'ION FILED QEPT. 11, 1911.

1,009,785. Patented Nov. 28, 19 11.

'm MFWM OSKAR FRITIOF PETERSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

BLOTTING-PAD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Application filed September 11, 1911. Serial No. 648,697.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KARL OsKA'a FRITIOFPn'rsnson, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Jersey City, in the countyof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Blotting- Pads, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to blotting pads and its object is to produceawdevice of this class that is light, efiicient and durable and that ischeap to manufacture.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be here inafter fullydescribed in the following specification. pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of thespecification and in which- Figure '1 is-a plan of the device. Fig. 2 isa side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in elevation. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the device collapsed. Fig. 5 is a. detail showing themeans of retaining thelever in an upright position.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

l is aflat plate formed of asingle piece of resilient material that isnormally held in removable engagement with a somewhat similar plate 2whose ends are bent upward to form a roll in which the ends of the plate1 are retained. The plate 1 forms the top and the plate 2 the bottommember of the device. The top plate may be provided with a plurality ofperforations 3 which minimize its weight and it is further provided witha transverse slot 4 through which the operating lever 5 evtends toengage the inner surface of the bottom plate 2. The lever 5 comprises ahandle portion which projects above the surface of the top plate and abody portion lying between the plates 1 and 2 and which is made integralwith the handle and which merges thereinto,

through the medium of a curved portion 6 in such a manner that thehandle and body portions are disposed in parallel planes.

The upper terminationof the body portion that abuts the plate 1 is ofgreater length than the slot 4 and forms a pair of shoulders 7 whichsupport the top plate when the lever is in a vertical or uprightposltlon. A olurality of lugs 8 are bent up out of the ottom plate 2 insuch a main ner as to form an abutment for either side of the base ofthe lever as shown in Fig. 2 when the same is in an upright position.The blotter 9 when in position upon the pad 15 held against the outersurface of the bottom plate 2 and has its ends tucked in between theengagcd ends of the two plates.

VVhen the device is ready for use it is in the position shown in Figs. 1and 2 and when not in use it may be collapsed into the position shown inFig. at by manually prying the plates away from each other until thebase of the lever is withdrawn from engagementwith the lugs 8, the leveris then rotated upon the curved portion 6 as an axis until the handlelies flat on top of the plate 1 and the body lies upon the under surfaceof that plate when the tension of the two plates will draw them towardeach other and they will occupy the position shown in Fig. 4. To put anew blotter upon the plate 2- the upper plate is slid out of engagementtherewith and the old blotter removed and the ends of a new one ofproper size tucked into the roll formed at either end of the lowerplate.

What I claim is 1. In a blotting pad, a top plate provided with atransverse slot, :1. bottom plate removably secured to the said topplate, a lever secured in the slotted portion of the top plate fornormal engagement with the bottom plate and means carried by the hottomplate for releasable engagement with normal engagement with the bottomplate and upturned lugs made integral with the bottom plate forengagement with the sald lever.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KARL OSKAR FRI'IIOF PETERSON. Witnesses:

FRANK W. LUNo UIs'r, ALBERT Fonsnnno.

